
Demonstrators at the pro-democracy protests that took over Tiananmen Square in 1989. Scroll through to see more of Liu Heung Shing's photos.

A young man with a bottle of Coca-Cola in 1981, shortly after the company resumed production in China.

Three young men pictured in Jinhong county, Yunnan province in 1980.

A doctor with a patient in Beijing who underwent plastic surgery for so-called "double eyelids."

A Beijing scene captured during a period of martial law, which was enforced during the 1989 student demonstrations.

A young couple in Beijing's Ritan Park in 1981.

A advertisement for a new range of motor vehicles, pictured in Shanghai in 1978.

A Soviet parliamentarian encounters demonstrators calling for democracy.

A KGB colonel in front of vacant cells at the Lubyanka prison in Moscow.

A midnight vigil in Tbilisi, held in memory of Georgians killed by the Soviet army.

A young ballerina undergoes a fitting in Moscow, in 1993.

Two young professionals enjoy a day out in Shanghai's Pudong district.

"Liu Heung Shing: A Life in a Sea of Red," published by Steidl, is available now.


